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Practicing Development : Upending Assumptions for Positive Change / ed. by Marion Howard, Susan H. Holcombe.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781685857165
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Practicing Development -- 2. Good Intentions and the Reality of Development Practice -- 3. What Does Lasting Development Look Like? -- Part 1. Reflecting on Development Practice -- 4. The Journey from Practice to Learning -- 5. On Learning and Practicing Development -- 6. The Business of Aid -- 7. Courage Is the Cornerstone of Progress -- 8. Environmentally Conscious Development -- 9. Reimagining Development Practice -- Part 2. Turning Development Around -- 10. Empathy: A Missing Link -- 11. Devolution: An Opportunity for Sustainable Development -- 12. Collective Action and Happy Accidents: Lessons from a Central Mexico Watershed -- 13. African NGOs: Potential to Make Sustainable Change -- 14. National Execution: China’s Approach to Local Development -- 15. Global Frameworks: Using International Law and Civic Action -- 16 From Local to Global: Four Microcases -- Part 3. Preparing Development Practitioners -- 17. Drawing Lessons from Reflection and Practice -- 18. Educating Development Practitioners for Positive Change -- References -- The Contributors -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: Bridges the gap between academia and the world of practice to address challenges and propose concrete steps toward more equitable, effective, and lasting development.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781685857165

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Practicing Development -- 2. Good Intentions and the Reality of Development Practice -- 3. What Does Lasting Development Look Like? -- Part 1. Reflecting on Development Practice -- 4. The Journey from Practice to Learning -- 5. On Learning and Practicing Development -- 6. The Business of Aid -- 7. Courage Is the Cornerstone of Progress -- 8. Environmentally Conscious Development -- 9. Reimagining Development Practice -- Part 2. Turning Development Around -- 10. Empathy: A Missing Link -- 11. Devolution: An Opportunity for Sustainable Development -- 12. Collective Action and Happy Accidents: Lessons from a Central Mexico Watershed -- 13. African NGOs: Potential to Make Sustainable Change -- 14. National Execution: China’s Approach to Local Development -- 15. Global Frameworks: Using International Law and Civic Action -- 16 From Local to Global: Four Microcases -- Part 3. Preparing Development Practitioners -- 17. Drawing Lessons from Reflection and Practice -- 18. Educating Development Practitioners for Positive Change -- References -- The Contributors -- Index -- About the Book

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Bridges the gap between academia and the world of practice to address challenges and propose concrete steps toward more equitable, effective, and lasting development.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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